Root rues ‘disappointing’ BBL stint

England Test captain Joe Root left Australia’s Big Bash League with just 93 runs in seven innings this week.

Good and bad for Rossouw, Wiese in BPL

South Africans Rilee Rossouw and David Wiese ended on the right and wrong side of Tuesday’s Bangladesh Premier League results respectively.

USA Cricket welcomed into ICC

The International Cricket Council has approved USA Cricket’s application to join as the 105th member and 93rd associate.

Taylor century secures Sri Lanka whitewash

New Zealand’s Ross Taylor showed his class once more with a sensational century in the third and final ODI against Sri Lanka to get the nod for today’s Play of the Day, writes ANITHA MADIKIZELA.

Mortaza magic rips through Victorians

Rangpur Riders and Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Mortaza ripped through the Comilla Victorians top order with a magical spell of 4-11 to earn today’s Turbo Bowler award, writes ANITHA MADIKIZELA.

Double Devine intervention drives Strikers to victory

Sophie Devine performed magic with the bat twice on Tuesday, scoring an undefeated 99 off 53 balls to earn the Adelaide Strikers a Super Over shootout, during which she smashed 6-6-4 to claim victory over the Hobart Hurricanes with three balls to spare.

ODI form gets Perera Test recall

Sri Lanka have recalled batsman Kusal Perera for January and February 2019’s Test series against Australia.

Neesham out of SL T20I

New Zealand will be without all-rounder James Neesham for Friday’s one-off Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka in Auckland.

Upton reportedly set for Royals reappointment

South African Paddy Upton will reportedly coach the Rajasthan Royals in this year’s Indian Premier League.

Montgomery relishing challenge of hardest tour in cricket

Matthew Montgomery, the captain of the Dolphins U19 Cubs side that won the recent CSA Franchise Cubs Week in Stellenbosch, is relishing the challenge of leading the South African U19 side on their upcoming tour of India, which is widely regarded as being the hardest tour for visiting cricket sides.

WATCH: Six schools stars of the future

SACricketmag.com editor SIMON LEWIS interviewed some of the talented young cricketers on display in the final two showpiece matches of the Khaya Majola Cricket Week in December 2018.

Markram back into top 10 batters

Aiden Markram’s brilliant 78 against Pakistan at Newlands has pushed the Proteas opener back into the ICC’s top 10 batters list.

WATCH: Knights vs Cape Cobras (Day 4)

Highlights of the final day of the drawn 4-Day Franchise Series match between the Knights and the Cape Cobras that saw Keegan Petersen and Pite van Bijlon both score centuries as they shared a recond unbroken third-wicket stand of 213.

Malinga balances negatives with positives

Captain Lasith Malinga is demanding improvement from Sri Lanka’s middle order and bowlers in the wake of Tuesday’s three-nil ODI series whitewash at the hands of New Zealand.

Kane lauds ‘fantastic’ Taylor, ‘brilliant’ Nicholls

Captain Kane Williamson appreciated telling contributions from twin centurions Henry Nicholls and Ross Taylor as New Zealand completed a three-nil ODI series whitewash over Sri Lanka in Nelson on Tuesday.